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2 + 1 is comprised of middle school educators who have developed and present an innovative program called MathRocks! Their program combines the music of classic rock songs with original lyrics and PowerPoint slideshows to teach math concepts that range from basic counting to algebra.

"This collection of tools are designed to assist in the development and understanding of coaches, teachers, and administrators. We hope you will find them helpful."

"CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS Introduction to three coaching models that provide highly effective professional development 10 tips for leveraging technology, coaching, and community 5 key benefits that result from the integration of technology, coaching, and community Introduction to the NETS*C"

"Mobilizing the Tennessee Board of Regents (mTBR) for new innovations of Emerging Technology and Mobile Devices and App Technology, Social Networking, Gaming, Simulations, Virtual Worlds for the purpose to increase recruiting, retention, graduation rates; to improve teaching, learning, and workforce development; and for meeting the needs of 21st Century Technological Mobilization Workforce"

"Just as teachers need data to most effectively support students, instructional coaches need data to support their teachers. We recently spoke with Paola Valdivia, Manager of Teacher Leadership Development (MTLD) in Teach For America's Southern Louisiana region, about how she uses data to support first- and second-year teachers, called corps members. Regardless of the grade-level, experience-level, or content-area of the teachers you support, or the school in which they teach, we think these strategies for data-driven instructional coaching will help."

for devs - test bed for customizing the youtube player with all available api-ish options.

Brevity Software is expertise in advanced enterprise mobility solutions for diverse industries such Banking and Financial Services, Energy and Utilities, Insurance, Lifestyle and Fashion, Logistics, Transportation, Manufacturing, Travel and many more.

brief article with ideas for teacher professional development with technology

You will work in pairs develop a commercial for the database you are assigned. Most are available off our Catalogs and Databases page. As you examine the database, record any relevant information in the organizer shown below. Please use the glossary if you are unfamiliar with any terms.

"PowerMyLearning.com is an acclaimed free online platform for K-12 students, teachers, and parents, developed by the national nonprofit organization, CFY. CFY has unique expertise in selecting the most effective digital learning activities available on the web and making them easily accessible and usable in one trusted place. This expertise comes from more than a decade of experience working directly with more than 50,000 students, along with their teachers and parents, in more than 100 schools across the country. A free account grants access to a world of smart and engaging resources… * 1,000+ thoroughly vetted academic games, interactive simulations, and videos * Easy-to-find activities tagged by subject, grade, and Common Core Standards * "Playlist" feature to sequence activities and individualize learning by student or class * Lesson plans to incorporate activities into instruction * Detailed reports for teachers, parents, and students * Badges and Playpoints to reward student usage * Flexible platform that can be used in school, after-school, at home, or anywhere in between With PowerMyLearning, students and parents can discover fun and stimulating activities to reinforce classroom learning and spark new areas of interest. Teachers can take advantage of the free instructional resources and use this tool to help meet the specific learning needs of their students. "

"I have been using Scratch, a drag and drop programming language developed by researchers at MIT, since November 2007. I am quite excited about its potential for teaching other skills besides programming. I have set up this wiki to build-up a course for beginner programmers."

"When you move an entire district into a digital environment a lot of things change. What doesn't change is the fact that everything revolves around academic achievement."

Today we're looking at GEteach [Google Earth PLUGIN required.] , a site developed by 9th-grade Geography teacher Josh Williams. The site uses the Google Earth Plug-in to give you quick access to a wide variety of information such as the CIA Factbook, population densities, and various other human and physical geographic overlays.

Good Typing is a free online typing skill development program. Good Typing provides 27 graduated lessons designed to help students learn to use their entire keyboards correctly. Unlike some free online typing programs, Good Typing offers support twenty different keyboard styles including US style, Japanese style, and several European languages.

Tune In Series is a great free professional development program for you. We have been talking a lot here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning about the potential of iPad in education and doing many iOS Apps Reviews but now you have the chance to  move to the practical part and be tutored by Apple experts on how to gear this technology to the advancement of your teaching and learning.

if you can remember the LMP accurately the date of delivery will be another 280 days from the same. With the help of a Pregnancy Due Date Calculator you can will know the stage of pregnancy in which you are in and the nature of development that the baby has undergone.